Google's acquisition of video-sharing Web site YouTube -- at a cool $1.65 billion -- is the talk of Silicon Valley these days. The stunning price tag fetched by the 19-month-old San Bruno, Calif., startup, which had only raised $11.5 million in venture funding, was reminiscent of the dot-com boom. Firms Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett enjoyed a bird's eye view of the deal.
October 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati corporate partners Michael Ringler and John Sheridan are playing lead roles representing YouTube in its $1.65 billion acquisition by Google.
So are Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s corporate partners Kirsten Jensen, William Hinman and Richard Capelouto, who are helping Google orchestrate its largest acquisition in its eight-year history.
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